IXL | Understand mixed numbers as division: word problems

Elizabeth is packing up her room to move to a new city. Together, all the books on her bookshelf weigh 85 pounds. She wants to divide the books among 4 boxes, so that each box will weigh the same amount.

How many pounds of books will be in each box?

Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

pounds

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question

Melissa is packing up her room to move to a new city. Together, all the books on her bookshelf weigh 85 pounds. She wants to divide the books among 4 boxes, so that each box will weigh the same amount.

How many pounds of books will be in each box?

Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

pounds

solution

Start by listing the information given in the problem:

There are 85 pounds of books.
The books are divided evenly among 4 boxes.

There are 85 pounds of books divided among 4

boxes.

To find how many pounds of books are in each box, divide 85 by 4.

Rewrite

as a mixed number.

So, each box will contain

pounds of books.

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